Exact Sciences Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2015 Results

104,000 completed Cologuard® tests generate revenues of $39.4 million during first full-year

MADISON, Wis., Feb. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS) today announced that the company reported revenues of $39.4 million as a result of completing more than 104,000 Cologuard tests for full-year 2015. The company generated $14.4 million in revenues from approximately 38,000 completed Cologuard tests during the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2015.

The cumulative number of physicians ordering Cologuard expanded steadily in 2015. During the fourth quarter of 2015 this total grew 27 percent from the third quarter to nearly 27,000 physicians. On average, approximately 500 new physicians ordered Cologuard each week and 75 percent of physicians re-ordered the FDA-approved, non-invasive colon cancer screening test.

"Our fourth quarter and full-year revenue and completed-test results are in line with the preliminary numbers we released in January and reflect the continued adoption and use of Cologuard," said Kevin T. Conroy, CEO and chairman of the board of Exact Sciences. "Patients and physicians showed strong demand for Cologuard and extraordinary satisfaction with its screening and compliance process during its first year on the market. We expect to build on this momentum during 2016 by educating an increasing number of America's primary care physicians about Cologuard and advancing our efforts to reach the 80 million people who need to be screened for colon cancer."

The patient compliance rate with Cologuard at the end of 2015 was 71 percent. This is almost twice the rate of reported colonoscopy uptake in a given year and significantly higher than fecal blood testing. The compliance rate is derived from the number of valid test results generated from collection kits shipped to patients 60 or more days prior to Dec. 31, 2015. Exact Sciences Laboratories, through its customer care center, is helping to drive patient compliance by systematically contacting patients for whom Cologuard has been ordered and encouraging them to complete their screening.

2016 Outlook

The company continues to anticipate completing more than 240,000 Cologuard tests during 2016, generating between $90-100 million in revenue. This represents a greater than 130-percent year-over-year increase in the number of Cologuard tests completed and revenue growth of approximately 128 to 154 percent from 2015.

"As commercial coverage expands, the Cologuard ordering process is streamlined and our sales and marketing efforts become increasingly impactful, we believe that adoption will increase at a meaningful rate during the year ahead," Mr. Conroy said.

The company's guidance for revenue and completed tests are forward-looking statements. They are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause the company's actual results to differ materially from the anticipated targets. The anticipated targets are not predictions of the company's actual performance. See the cautionary information about forward-looking statements in the "Safe-Harbor Statement" section of this press release.

Financial Results

Exact Sciences reported total revenues of $14.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2015 and total revenues of $39.4 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2015, compared to $1.5 million and $1.8 million, respectively, for the same periods of 2014.

For the fourth quarter of 2015, Exact Sciences reported a net loss of $40.0 million, or ($0.41) per share. The company reported a net loss of $32.4 million, or ($0.38) per share, for the same period of 2014. The company's net loss for full-year 2015 totaled $157.8 million, or ($1.71) per share. The company reported a net loss of $100.0 million, or ($1.25) a share, for the same period of 2014.

Operating expenses for the fourth quarter of 2015 were $47.2 million, compared to $30.7 million for the same period in 2014. Operating expenses for full-year 2015 totaled $174.0 million, compared to $98.0 million for full-year 2014.

Exact Sciences ended 2015 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $306.9 million, compared to $282.8 million at December 31, 2014.

Fourth-Quarter Conference Call & Webcast

As previously announced, company management will host a conference call and webcast on Wednesday, February 24, 2016, at 10 a.m. ET to discuss fourth-quarter and full-year 2015 results. The webcast will be available at www.exactsciences.com. Domestic callers should dial 877-212-6082 and international callers should dial 707-287-9332.

An archive of the webcast and a replay of the conference call will be available at www.exactsciences.com or by calling 855-859-2056 domestically or 404-537-3406 internationally. The access code for the conference call and replay is 85062957. The conference call, webcast and replay are open to all interested parties.

About Cologuard

Cologuard was approved by the FDA in August 2014 and results from Exact Sciences' prospective 90-site, point-in-time, 10,000-patient pivotal trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine in March 2014. Cologuard is included in the colorectal cancer screening guidelines of the American Cancer Society and stool DNA is listed in the screening guidelines of the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer.

Cologuard is indicated to screen adults of either sex, 50 years or older, who are at average risk for colorectal cancer. Cologuard is not for everyone and is not a replacement for diagnostic colonoscopy or surveillance colonoscopy in high-risk individuals. False positives and false negatives do occur. Any positive test result should be followed by a diagnostic colonoscopy. Following a negative result, patients should continue participating in a screening program at an interval and with a method appropriate for the individual patient. Cologuard performance when used for repeat testing has not been evaluated or established. For more information about Cologuard, visit www.CologuardTest.com. Rx Only.

About Exact Sciences Corp.

Exact Sciences Corp. is a molecular diagnostics company focused on the early detection and prevention of the deadliest forms of cancer. The company has exclusive intellectual property protecting its noninvasive, molecular screening technology for the detection of colorectal cancer. Cologuard is included in the colorectal cancer screening guidelines of the American Cancer Society and stool DNA is included in the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer. For more information, please follow us on Twitter @ExactSciences or find us on Facebook.

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